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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Welcome to OpenCV-Python !!!This site provides some tutorials and examples on OpenCV-Python for absolute beginners.

Why this blog?

I started learning OpenCV a few months back. Before that, I used MATLAB for all my image processing purposes. The experience of shifting from MATLAB to OpenCV was amazing. Since i am a Python fan, I decided to use Python-bindings of OpenCV.

But as a beginner, I found a main problem in front of me. There are plenty of OpenCV tutorials available online for beginners, but most of them uses C++ for example codes. I couldn't find a single tutorial in Python for OpenCV. I could find a lot of OpenCV code in Python scattered online, but none of them was good for a beginner to start with. The best one I could find was none other than OpenCV-Python documentation. But it only lists the functions, not the examples using them.

Finally, I decided to start with C++ tutorials itself. I started to convert those codes from C++ to Python with the help of OpenCV-Python documentation. I decided to start a site or blog which shows the route i travelled to learn OpenCV so that it could be really helpful to the beginners. And here is the result.

Remember, I am also a beginner in OpenCV and I am still learning its basics. Here, what I am doing is, to give you only the outline ideas for a beginner to start with. For in-depth understanding, surely, I am not the right person to explain. But I know some good places where you can find them and I will share it with you as far as possible.

Some basic assumptions...

Here, I have made some assumptions...

1. You already know Python very well. Remember, this site only provides tutorial on OpenCV only, not on Python. So make sure, you have studied Python before beginning this site.
Also, if you are good in C++, I would recommend you to use OpenCV in C++ itself. OpenCV can be used in C also.

2. You are using Python 2.7, OpenCV 2.4 and its python-bindings.

I would recommend you to use Linux. It may be a little difficult at the beginning. But as time passes, you will enjoy it. You will feel the freedom of open-source.